Eh....I guess I am in favour of a player wipe, if factions get say around a billion credits each. Enough for one battleship, and the rest to fund their members. Or, to give all their members trains (or whatever trader that is the best for cost/efficiency) in the next version, forgoeing the purchase of their beloved for a few weeks.
to be honest, its ok to have a large amount of caps, as long as you dont use them often, or together. TBH probably has an insane amount of gunboats, but most of the time our pilots fly fighters or bombers (I hope). This is because we have always encouraged the use of a fighter. By doing so, those pilots become reasonably good in a fighter, and feel less inclined to steer to their gunboat. Of course, when a battleship or three comes along, what choice do you have?
And Tree, I have been through a few player wipes, which took out my Xeno tagged Outcast battleship (you know, when I first joined, dont kill me), and my (probably) Liberty tagged Kusari battleship which I attacked Rheinland with. I am still here. If anyone leaves because of a player wipe, I would think that they shouldn't be here. For one, I want dedicated members of the community. If people are willing to leave in a huff because of a wipe, then I know they aren't dedicated enough.
Thats my opinion, in a pretty blunt way. If you disagree with it, fair enough. Bring out the Flammenwerfer Panzer!!
